The broad term Aboriginal Australians includes many regional groups that often identify under names from local Indigenous languages. These include:

Koori (or Koorie) in New South Wales and Victoria (Victorian Aborigines)
Ngunnawal in the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding areas of New South Wales
Murri in Queensland
Noongar in southern Western Australia
Yamatji in central Western Australia
Wangkai in the Western Australian Goldfields
Nunga in southern South Australia
Anangu in northern South Australia, and neighbouring parts of Western Australia and Northern Territory
Yapa in western central Northern Territory
Yolngu in eastern Arnhem Land (NT)
Tiwi on Tiwi Islands off Arnhem Land. They number around 2,500.
Anindilyakwa on Groote Eylandt off Arnhem Land
Palawah (or Pallawah) in Tasmania.

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Frog Callers are used to call the frogs because when the frogs come, so do the rains. When the rain comes you can also use it to call the dolphins. The purpose of this instrument is to call frogs and dolphins to ensure water and food for the people. The actual sound is very much like a frog when you hold the stick and spin it around. When you hold the stick in one hand and the bottom of the frog caller on the other hand and twirl the stick tightly backwards and forwards, it will also make the sound of a dolphin. The frog callers are very popular with kids and make a fun birthday gift.

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Earth, water, fire and air

The elements of earth, water, fire and air lie at the heart of many Aboriginal myths. Earth is the first element, from which water must be liberated, then water is the second element, from which fire must be taken, and the smoke of the fire represents air. The first two are usually female, and males enter them at their peril, or the male ancestral beings are born from them; the second two are male and are used in male rebirthing techniques in the boro circles, though in myth fire was often once owned by women from whom it was stolen. It partakes of both sexes, and thus in the male rebirthing ceremonies the male initiate must pass through fire to be then purified by smoke.